League of Friends of Ludlow Hospital

Analysis

League of Friends of Ludlow Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ludlow. It was registered in June 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, League of Friends of Ludlow Hospital reported income of £48k and spending of £47k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £43k to £48k (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 407%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, League of Friends of Ludlow Hospital sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Knees Up - Healthy Living for Mature People (£48k), Red Trouser Day (£48k) and Alder Hey Children's Kidney Fund (£48k).